Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship JS Kunisaki breaks away from the formation after a group sail on July 22, 2024, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. (US Air Force photo)
People walk by an European flag in the German Lower House of parliament ahead of the upcoming summit of the European Council and the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
93rd Brigade training with an International M1224 MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected infantry transport vehicle and two Soviet BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)